Combined lamp and phonograph



A. I. BURNS.

COMBINED LAMP AND PHONOGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED APR-13.1921.

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L4388L Patentedl Dec. 112, 1922.

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ANTHONY J'. BURNS, OF INDIANA HARBOR, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGN- MENTS, TO BURNS-POLLOCK ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFINDIANA HARBOR, INDIANA, A CORPORATION 01E INDIANA.

COMBINED LAMP AND PHONOGBAPH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY J. BURNS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indiana Harbor, county of Lake, and State of Indiana, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Lamps andPhonographs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a combined lamp and phonograph, and theprincipal objects of the invention are to provide a lamp and aphonograph so that they can be used independently of each other or theycan be detachably combined whereby the phonograph is concealed withinthe lamp and is supported thereby so that the phonograph can be operatedwithout necessitating the dismantling of said lamp or otherwiseinterfering with the functions thereof.

A further object of my invention is to provide a sound reproducingapparatus adapted to be removably positioned on the lamp and having adetachable horn or sound amplifier the standard of the lamp when thereproducing apparatus is used in combination with the lamp and whichhorn, when the apparatus is used independently of the lamp, will serveas a support or standard for said sound reproducing apparatus,

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts,hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical cross sectionthrong the lamp, showing the phonographf positioned therein.

Fi re 2 is a top plan view of the combine lamp and phonograph with partsbroken away to illustrate the position of the tone arm.

Figure 3 is a line 3-3 of Eigu Figure I is a detail view taken on the re2.

detail View showing the designed to be positioned within means forattaching the shade to the lamp. Figure 5 is a vertical section throughthe lamp wit-h the phonograph removed therefrom. Figure 6 is a sideelevation, partly in section, of the. phonograph when used independentlyof the lamp.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 10 designates thestandard of a table lamp, which standard is preferably bell-shaped andhas its lower end raised from the table by legs 11 secured to saidstandard. Upwardly extending ornamental strips 12 are fixed to standard10 and have their upper ends terminating a short distance above theupper end of said standard. Resting on the upper restricted end of thestandard is the lower end of a supporting m mber 14, the upper end ofwhich is curved upwardly and outwardly to form a horizontally disposedportion 15 having a marginal flange 16 presented upwardly.

Electric lamp socket members 17 having suitable electric connections arearranged on the underside of portion 15 for the reception ofincandescent bulbs of the lamp.

Ashade 18 is removably supported on the lamp by means of downwardlyextending rojections or pins 19 which are carried by inward extensionsarranged on said shade and are adapted to enter apertures 20 formed inthe horizontal portion 15. The support ing member 14 is secured in itsposition on the standard 10 by, means of screws 21 which are seated inthe upper ends of strips 12 and have threaded engagement with the lowerend of supporting member 14:.

A top plate '22 having a downwardly presented marginal flange 24: isadapted to be positioned on the supporting member 14 so that themarginal flange 24 of said plate surrounds the marginal flange 16 of thesupporting member 14. These marginal flanges 16 and 24 are provided withcoinciding apertures16 and 24, respectively. Screws 25 are seated inapertures 16 and 24 and hold plate 22 and supporting member 14 inaswardly into the tubular portion of the lower end of supporting member14. The lower end 28 of arm 27 is exteriorly threaded to receive theinternally threaded upper end 29 of a bell shaped horn or soundamplifier 30 which, when screwed on the tone-arm 27, is adapted tooccupy chamber formed in standard 10. Legs 31 are fixed to the lower endof horn 30 and space the lower end of said horn from the supportingsurface when the horn is used as-a support for the phonograph. Theupperend of tone-arm 27 communicates through an aperture formed in plate22 with the lower or fixed end of reproducer arm 32 supported on saidplate and having its free end provided witha reproducer 34.

A motor support 35 is fixed to plate 22 and is provided on its undersidewith a motor 36 which through suitable driving connections actuates theturn-table or record holder 37 horizontally disposed above plate 22.Brackets 38 having their lower ends fixed to tone-arm 27 extend upwardlyand are connected at their upper ends to plate 22, thereby reinforcingsaid plate and supporting the motor support 35 and the driving meansmounted thereon. Plate 22 is provided with suitable needle cups 39.

When the device is used as a combined lamp and phonograph, the horn 30occupies a position within the stand 10, in which position it issupported by tone-arm 27 which is located in the supporting member 14:.Plate=22 is supported on member 14 and is locked in this position byscrews 25. In order to place arecord on turn-table 37, the upper part ofshade 18 which is preferably hinged to the lower or stationary part ofsaid shade, is moved upwardly to provide access to the turn-table 37 andreproducer 34. The sound waves travel downwardly through tone-arm 27 andhorn 30 and leaving the lower end of horn 30 pass outwardly throughthespace formed by supporting standard 10 in raised position.

When it is desired to use the lamp without the phonograph or when it isdesired to use the phonograph alone, horn 30 is removed from stand 10 byunscrewing it from the lower end of the tone-arm 27 after which screws25 are removed from apertures 16 and 24* and plate 22 and partssupported thereby is then removed from its position on supporting member14. When shade 18 is placed in its position on member 14, the lamp willassume its normal appearance and will be ready for use.

1 When it is desired to use the phonograph independently of the lamp,the lower end of tone-arm 27 is screwed into the upper end of horn 30 sothat said horn will form a support for the tone-arm 27, plate 22, andparts carried thereby. Legs 31. space the with the supporting surface sothat the sound waves may pass outwardly from horn 30.

To replace the phonograph within the lamp, horn 30 is removed fromtone-arm 27 and plate 22 is positioned on member 14 with the tone-arm 27extending downwardly into the tubular portion of said member. Screws 25are screw-seated in apertures 24* and 16 and horn 30 is insertedinto thestand 10 and screwed in position on the lower end of tone-arm 27.

When an electric motor is used to operate the turn-table, electricconnections are provided which are separate from the electric lightingcircuit of the lamp, so as not to interfere with the functions of thelamp when the phonograph is removed therefrom.

By virtue of the fact that the horn is not a part of the lamp stand, butis a separate and distinct part of the phonograph, and not in any wayconnected to said lamp stand, I am enabled to form said horn of theproper design best adapted to distribute the sound waves. The relativesizes of lamp stand and the horn are proportioned so as to permit thesuspension of the hornwithin the lamp stand from the tone-arm, so thatthe entire phonograph is concealed and the lamp presents the appearanceof a normal table lamp. I

My combined lamp and phonograph provides a fixture which is bothornamental and useful, and by making the phonograph detachable from thelamp, either one can be used independently of the other.

I claim as my invention:

.1. The combination of a lamp and phonograph comprising a lamp having astand adapted to receive a sound amplifier of a phonograph, a phonographadapted to be detachably mounted on said lamp stand and having adetachable horn or sound amplifier suspended within said lamp stand andwhich horn, when removed from the lamp stand, serves as a support forsaid phonograph.

2. The combination of a lamp and phonograph comprising a lamp standadapted to have a phonograph horn positioned therein, a supportingmember detachably mounted on said lamp stand and provided with electriclights, a phonograph removably positioned on said sup orting member, anda horn arranged within said lamp stand and detachably suspended fromsaid honograph, said horn being adapted to be removed from said lampstand to serve as a support for the phonograph when the latter isdetached from the supporting member.

3. In combination, a lamp including an upwardly tapered stand and aphonograph removably mounted on said stand and having an amplifierremovably mounted in said stand, said amplifier being adapted to supportsaid phonograph independently of said stand.

4. In combination, a phonograph including a downwardly extending andoutwardly flaring amplifying horn, adapted to serve as a support for atop plate mounting a turn table operating mechanism, reproducer and tonearm, and a lamp including a stand adapted to conceal said amplifyinghorn and 10 to support said top plate independently of said horn.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature this 8th day ofApril, 1921,

ANTHONY J. BURNS.

